Emmanuel Davidenkoff

Editor-In-Chief of Le Monde

Lisa Congdon

Fine Artist, Author & Illustrator

J. Allen Queen

Block Scheduling Consultant and Publisher

Alan Blankstein

President of the HOPE Foundation, Award-Winning Author & Educational Leader

Anthony ONeal

Best-Selling Author & Podcast Host

Susan R. Komives

Professor Emerita at the University of Maryland, Author & Editor

Andy Hargreaves

Renowned International Speaker, Author, Advisor & Researcher Advocating for Equitable and Inclusive Education

Donalyn Miller

Educator & Author of "The Book Whisperer" and "Reading in the Wild"

Norton Juster

Author of "The Phantom Tollbooth"

Richard Rothstein

Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and Senior Fellow (Emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Eva Moskowitz

Founder and CEO of the Success Academy Charter Schools, former New York City Council member and co-author of Mission Possible

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Donna Tartt

Pulitzer Prize Award-Winning Author of "The Secret History," "The Little Friend" & "The Goldfinch"

Michael Archer

Paleontologist Michael Archer is working to bring back his favorite extinct animal: the Tasmanian tiger.

Parul Sehgal

Parul Sehgal is an editor for The New York Times Book Review

Bruce Degen

Bestselling Author and Illustrator of "Jamberry"

Julian Baggini

Julian Baggini is the author of several books about philosophy written for a general audience. He is the author of The Pig that Wants to be Eaten and 99 other thought experiments and is co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Philosophers' Magazine.

Randy Lewis

Founder of The Nogwog Disability Initiative, Former Senior VP for Supply Chain & Logistics at Walgreens & Author of "No Greatness Without Goodness"

Annette Diefenthaler

Portfolio Director of IDEO’s Design for Learning Studio

Colin Stokes

The director of communications for the non-profit Citizen Schools, Colin Stokes thinks deeply about the media he shares with his two young children.

Michael Stevens

YouTube Sensation; Best Known as Vsauce

Pearl Arredondo

Student Advocate, Education Reformer & Principal

Amanda Lindhout

Executive Director of The Global Enrichment Foundation; Captivity Survivor, Inspirational Speaker & Author of "A House in the Sky"

Greg McKeown

CEO of THIS Inc. & Best-Selling Author of "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less"

Jeffrey Walker

Chairman at MDG Health Alliance - Community Health Workers

Tim Tharp

is a published author of young adult books. Some of the published credits of Tim Tharp include The Spectacular Now, Knights of the Hill Coun

James Dashner

Author of Many Children's Fantasy Series and Adult Books, Including "The Maze Runner" Series

Rick Riordan

No. 1 New York Times Bestselling Author of the "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" Series, the "Kane Chronicles" and "Heroes of Olympus"

David Thornburg

Award-Winning Futurist, Author & Educational Consultant

Augustus White

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